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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Always seems to be good up here in (soon to be independent) Scotland when it`s poorer down south!

    4.5 O`s yday, 5 O`s today.
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • countryman_2
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    Yesterday (23 Aug) here in mid Lincolnshire if my calculation of "O" is correct I generated 15.231kw according to my Geo Solo meter and I have a 4kw system so by my reckoning that's..... 3.8 "O's"
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • tunnel
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    countryman wrote: »
    Yesterday (23 Aug) here in mid Lincolnshire if my calculation of "O" is correct I generated 15.231kw according to my Geo Solo meter and I have a 4kw system so by my reckoning that's..... 3.8 "O's"


    Hi and welcome,
    I'll get it in before Mr Grouch, that'll be 3.807 O's but for a newbie....yours is close enough
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Oscargrouch
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Hi and welcome,
    I'll get it in before Mr Grouch, that'll be 3.807 O's but for a newbie....yours is close enough

    Excuse me.......3.80775 :D :rotfl: Welcome to the Happy Farm 'countryman'; from me as well.....coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • zeupater
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    edited 24 August 2014 at 5:34PM
    shavy65 wrote: »
    ... up here in (soon to be independent) Scotland ...
    Hi

    Out of interest, has anyone stated with a degree of certainty what would happen to the legal status of continuation of UK government contracts under an independent parliament? ... would all existing UK contracts be honoured by an independent Scottish government?, would all contracts suddenly become void or open to renegotiation on national terms?, would the energy companies be obliged to comply with a smaller contract with a successor government under the same terms as the economies of scale available to a UK wide scheme? ....

    I find questions like these to be really interesting, but I'd guess that any answer this side of the vote would be as vague as any other seems to be, whilst (depending on the result) the answer will either never be given or not be exactly as expected .... ah well, so much for politics - as normal the only winners will be those playing the game to their own advantage from the inside ....

    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • shavy65
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    I`ve never even heard the subject come up tbh. I`d hope my contract would be honoured though. Seriously though, the general consensus up here seems to be swaying slowly towards `Yes`, never thought I`d see the day! All the `No Thanks` signs up here seem to last about 24 hours before they `disappear` :eek:
    Sorry, I`m off on a tangent. Over 5 O`s for me again today :D
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    Thanks for the welcome.....


    13.197kwh generated today = some 3.29925 O's


    Its certainly interesting to compare figures with other set-ups varying by location, orientation etc.


    I know there are varied opinions of diversionary devices amongst folk but anyway, 5.48 kwh dumped to hot water today by iboost.
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • Oscargrouch
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    I`ve never even heard the subject come up tbh. I`d hope my contract would be honoured though. Seriously though, the general consensus up here seems to be swaying slowly towards `Yes`, never thought I`d see the day! All the `No Thanks` signs up here seem to last about 24 hours before they `disappear` :eek:
    Sorry, I`m off on a tangent. Over 5 O`s for me again today :D

    Can't see Alex paying the FIT; and I think there are loads of things that have not come up. FIT payments in Euro's as Scotland will not have the GBP..... as they would not be part of GB :rotfl:

    3.68 O's today coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • shavy65
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    Don`t care how I get it Oscar, as long as I get it. I think it would be fine. And also think we`d still have the pound, although I think the Yes voters are going to be disappointed anyway. Anyway, back to PV..... ;)
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • legoman62
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    countryman wrote: »
    Thanks for the welcome.....


    13.197kwh generated today = some 3.29925 O's


    Its certainly interesting to compare figures with other set-ups varying by location, orientation etc.


    I know there are varied opinions of diversionary devices amongst folk but anyway, 5.48 kwh dumped to hot water today by iboost.

    Not too far from me in location:D


    4.37 O's today:T
    16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.
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